Written questions
2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Mar 2021 · Prime Minister
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral contribution on 24 February 2021, Official Report, col 911, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North dated 25 February 2021 on changes in the level of fu
1 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Transport for the North: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on changes in the level of funding for Transport for the North.
1 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Transport for the North: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has provided to Transport for the North in each of the last three years.
1 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport
Transport for the North: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of funding for Transport for the North.
25 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to reassure school pupils that the grading of GCSEs and A-levels will be fair and equitable.
25 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the provision of tutors reaches all pupils that require additional tuition due to the covid-19 outbreak.
25 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Students: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of mental health services for students at university.
25 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that school pupils who have not had access to digital devices to learn from home are fairly graded in their (a) GCSE and (b) A-levels this year.
25 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that potential discrepancy between the grading of GCSE and A-level examinations by different schools is minimised.
23 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether prioritisation for the covid-19 vaccine within a priority group will be based on occupation; and if he will take steps to ensure that frontline workers are prioritised for that vaccination.
23 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for the decision to have all school pupils return on 8 March 2021 rather than a staggered approach.
23 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Pupils: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that school pupils who are required to self-isolate due to the covid-19 outbreak do not fall behind at school.
23 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that schools are adequately ventilated to make them covid-19-secure when school pupils return on 8 March 2021.
23 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion: Drugs
What his Department's timeframe is for the publication of its response to the early medical abortions consultation on home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation.
22 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Kingston upon Hull North
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on the economy in (a) the UK and (b) Kingston upon Hull North constituency of removing the £20 uplift to universal credit.
22 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that hospitality businesses in (a) Kingston upon Hull North constituency and (b) the UK do not close down as a result of covid-1
22 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Unemployment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecast that unemployment would peak in the fourth quarter of 2020 -21 at 11.9 per cent is not realised.
22 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of covid-19 to people with bleeding disorder; and what steps his Department is taking to prioritise people with bleeding disorders for covid-19 v
22 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Cinemas and Entertainments: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to provide targeted support to (a) cinemas and (b) entertainment venues while they remain closed as a result covid-19 restrictions.
19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the additional support required by mental health services during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.
19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people's mental health during the covid-19 lockdown.
19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the long-term effect of the covid-19 pandemic on mental health in the UK.
19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the accessibility of mental health provision for people during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.
19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including Registered Public Service Interpreters in the list of occupations the Government classes as key workers for the purposes of priority
11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS and Social Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to create a workforce strategy for the NHS and social care.
11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the NHS to tackle the backlog of patients on long waiting lists after the covid-19 outbreak.
11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to fill nursing vacancies in the NHS.
11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to finding by the Office of National Statistics that 60 per cent of deaths involving covid-19 between 24 January and 20 November 2020 were disabled people, what steps his Department
10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the hotel covid-19 quarantine policy only applies to people travelling from 33 countries.
10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that hotel staff in the hotels used for covid-19 quarantine measures are kept safe.
Source: official written-questions record.